Yugoslavia's Jelena Dokic will make her first appearance at the Australian Open since 2001 at next year's event, organisers said on Monday.
The 20-year-old had refused to play at the year's opening Grand Slam tournament since she was knocked out in the first round at Melbourne Park in 2001.
Her father Damir also claimed the draw had been rigged against his daughter after she was drawn to play former world number one Lindsay Davenport in the opening match.
Dokic then left Australia, who she had represented at both the Sydney Olympics and in the Fed Cup, later that year.
She will also play at the Sydney International tournament from January 11-17.
The Sydney tournament will be her first appearance in Australia since returning to her native Yugoslavia.
"Over the last year Jelena has expressed a great desire both publicly and privately to play the Australian circuit again and we are delighted that she has chosen the Sydney International to be her first tournament," tournament director Craig Watson said in a statement on Monday.
"Jelena's aggressive and exciting style of play has always been popular with Australian tennis fans. She is once again showing the signs that took her to a career-high ranking of four in the world."
World number one Justine Henin-Hardenne will head the field for the Sydney tournament, that also includes world number two Kim Clijsters, who won the season-ending WTA championships last week, and six of the other top-10 ranked women in the world.
"Tennis fans in Sydney are in for some of the best tennis ever next January," said Watson. "Justine and Kim developed the most incredible record on the tour in 2003, between them they amassed a total of 17 titles."
Clijsters claimed the first of her nine titles in 2003 in Sydney, while Henin-Hardenne won the French and U.S. Open crowns, beating Clijsters in both finals.
Also attending the Sydney tournament will be 2000 champion Amelie Mauresmo and American Davenport, who will be returning to the circuit at the Sydney event after foot surgery in October.
Five Russians, including top 10 players Anastasia Myskina and Elena Dementieva, have also entered the tournament.
